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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADDISON L. WITHERS, JR., OF SUMMIT POINT, WEST VIRGINIA.

WAGON-BRAKE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 227,194, dated May 4,1880.

Application filed March 11, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ADDISON L. WITHERS, J r., of Summit Point, in thecounty of Jefferson and State of vV est Virginia, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in WagonLBrakes; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form apart of thisspecication.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a wagonbrake operated automatically by the sliding movement of thewagon-body, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, to which reference is made, and which fullyillustrate my invention, Figure lis a bottomview of a wagon embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section, and Fig. 3 atransverse vertical section, ofthe same.

A is the front axle, with wheels B B and the bolster C pivoted thereonby the usual king-bolt a. A is the rear axle, with wheels B B' andbolster C secured thereon. D is the reach, pivoted in the front axle bythe king-bolt, and having its rear end passing through a slot or openingin the rear axle, A. From the rear axle, A', extend two inclined hounds,F F, the front ends of which are united, as shown, and a pin, b, ispassed downward through said joined ends.

l passes through a longitudinal slot, d, in the reach D, and admits ofthe front and rear axles being brought closer together or farther apart,

just the length of the slot l in the reach.

Upon the ends of both bolsters C C are the standards E, between whichthe body Gr isplaced, said bodyT resting upon rollers H H, which aremounted in suitable journal-bearings e, secured on the bolster. Thereare two This pin tended to be provided with brake-shoes of any suitableconstruction to bear against the front edges of thehind wheels, B. Thisbrake-lever rests upon the hounds F, and has guides f attached to itsunder side, to pass under the hounds, and be thus kept in position whilethe lever is moving backward and forward on the hounds a suitabledistance.

A chain, 11 is attached to the brake-lever I and passes around a pulley,J, at the front of the hind axle, and is then passed upward andconnected to the body Gr, either in one or two branches, as shown, or asmay be deemed most convenient. A short chain, t', is attached to thereach D at a point in front of the brakelever, and runs backward and isconnected either to said brake-lever or t0 the chain 1L a short distancein front of the brake-lever.

When the team is pulling the wagon the reach D is extended and the chain'e' keeps the brakes off from the hind wheels. In ,going down the hillthe body G slides or rolls forward on the rollers H H, which causes thechain h to pull the brake-lever I backward, so as to apply the brakes tothe wheels B', and when the wagon-then gets on level ground, or so thatthe team will pull again, the forward axle, with its wheels and thereach, are drawn forward, causing the chain t' to pull the brakes offfrom the hind wheels.

The body G has a pin or lug, m, projecting downward from its bottoni toform a stop for the forward movement of the body. O11 each side of thebody G, a suitable distance from its rear end, is made a vertical groovefor the insertion of a sliding bar or strip, L, which is held in thegroovebyacross-piece, n, as shown. The upper end of the bar or strip Lis formed with a shoulder or offset, p, as represented particularly inFig. 3.

When the bars L are pushed down they will IOO 1. In a Wagon, thecombination of the body 3. The movable bars or strips L, formed Gr,supported upon rollers H H, asliding reach7 with the shoulders oroffsetsp,in combination D, and a sliding brake-lever, I, connected bywith the sliding Wagon-body G, as and for the one or more chains, h, tothe body, so'as to oppurposes herein set forth. I5 5 erate in oppositedirections, substantially as In testimony that I claim the foregoing Iand for the purposes herein set forth. have hereuntoset my hand this28th day of 2. The combination of the sliding reach D, February, 1880.movable body G, sliding,` brake-lever I, pulley ADDISON L. WITHERS, JR.J, and chains h and i, all constructed and ar- Witnesses: 1o rangedsubstantially as and for the purposes JOSEPH FORREST, 4 herein setforth. J As. H. LANGE.

